AMD Athlon II X2 220 vs AMD Athlon II X3 425

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 220 and AMD Athlon II X3 425 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 220

• CPU is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
• Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1093 vs 1084
• Around 6% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 339 vs 320

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 425

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 52% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1576 vs 1040
• Around 31% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 788 vs 603

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 220
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 425

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1093 1084
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1040 1576
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	339 320
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	603 788

Compare specifications (specs)